Use After Free Affecting php55-php-opcache package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
87.38% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-PHP55PHPOPCACHE-11369923
  • published2 Aug 2025
  • disclosed18 Dec 2014

Introduced: 18 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-8142  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 php55-php-opcache.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php55-php-opcache package and not the php55-php-opcache package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the process_nested_data function in ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.4.36, 5.5.x before 5.5.20, and 5.6.x before 5.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted unserialize call that leverages improper handling of duplicate keys within the serialized properties of an object, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1019.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1